Below are protests and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at [email protected]
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In The Streets: ‘People’s Hearing on the Hudson ICE Detention Center’ and Other Political Events
Below are protests and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at [email protected]
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In The Streets: ‘End ICE Flights’ and More Upcoming Political Events
Below are protests and political events scheduled across Colorado over the next week. If you know of any upcoming public events in Colorado, please let us know at [email protected]
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DAVIS: ICE’s New Landlord Might be Your Landlord Too
The Trump administration’s rapid expansion of ICE arrest quotas and detention facilities over the last 18 months has triggered a gold rush for companies willing and eager to profit from human immiseration. Here in Colorado, the most prominent of those profiteers has been the GEO Group, the private prison company which operates the ICE detention center in Aurora. Last week, we reported that the federal government has awarded GEO a new $529 million contract to open a new detention center in Hudson, Colorado – part of a pattern of federal contracts which contributed to a 700% year-over-year increase in GEO Group profits.
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NEW: ICE Awards $529 Million Contract to Open New Colorado Detention Center
After months of speculation sparked by documents released pursuant to a FOIA request in January, the federal government has officially awarded a $529 million contract to open a new ICE detention facility in Hudson, Colorado, northeast of Denver. The contract was awarded to the private prison company the GEO Group last Wednesday, and authorizes the company to operate the Hudson facility as a migrant detention center through 2031. The GEO Group, which has faced serious allegations of human rights violations and trafficking, also operates the agency’s migrant detention facility in Aurora.
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‘Justice for Lorenzo:’ Denver Rally Spotlights Fatal ICE Shooting in Houston
A crowd of about 70 gathered outside the Capitol today to protest the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national shot by ICE agents in Houston on Tuesday.
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Border Patrol Job Fair in the Springs Draws Anti-ICE Protesters
A career fair hosted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Colorado Springs this week drew protests from local activist group Migra Watch, who rallied outside the Double Tree Hotel with signs protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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DAVIS: There’s Nothing “Far-Left” About It
Alarm bells have rung in the halls of power as vibrant, progressive candidates have swept Democratic primaries in recent weeks. Now, members of the center-left political establishment, desperate to cling to the sclerotic approach which has driven the Democratic Party to its electoral nadir, are joining hands with Republicans to decry the upstart winners as an existential threat.
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Lawman: The Colorado Sheriff Illegally Cooperating with ICE
Luis Rivas never made it home from his trip to Walmart last June. The 60-year-old father and businessman who had spent the last 18 years building a life, a family, and a company in the Roaring Fork Valley was approached in the parking lot by Garfield County Sheriff’s Office deputies while he ran errands. Soon, he was in handcuffs.
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DAVIS: One Bite at a Time, ICE Opponents are Making a Difference
A hundred or so people gathered under the low gray clouds in an office park in Centennial on Saturday morning, holding signs and singing songs, their presence an offering of allegiance to the version of this country they believe can one day exist.